Question

Think About it! Precise Words/Phrases

a. Sentence 1: The tree was tall and green.

b. Sentence 2: The soft and damp pink flowers of the dogwood tree smelled sweet in the cool spring air as the wind whistled through its yellow-green leaves.

How do these descriptions compare?

If these two sentences both describe the same tree, which sentence provides a better picture for the reader?

Why?

Answer 1

In description 1 it describes the setting plainly with little to no precise words. However in description 2 it paints a vivid picture with precise words and phrases, but the two phrases both describe the same picture.

Sentence 2 provides a better picture.

Sentence 2 provides a better picture because it uses precise words and phrases.